Reading Addict

War is hell.  So is sharing a stage with Norman Mailer.  Wisely, Mailer chose a career in writing and we are all better for it.  He burst onto the scene in 1948 with the publication of The Naked and the Dead, a novel about World War II that has since bee… more »

I have a “thing” for maps. Somehow, this transpired while working the stacks as a maintenance shelver in non-fiction. I know the collection quite well. I LOVE the travel section & that’s where it all started, my love of maps. Then, gradually, I ma… more »

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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ‘freak’ as one that is markedly unusual or abnormal, a person or animal having a physical oddity. That being said, I love me some ‘Freak Lit’! I gobble up stories about people on the fringes of society, people who h… more »

Woman of TasteBy Cara  Sure, I enjoy reading as much as the next library rat. But after a long, hard day of shushing people and fussing over index cards, I don’t really feel like flopping down with War and Peace. You know?  I do want to read something ed… more »